Axle.



No. 882,986. PATENTED MAR. 24, 1908.

"0. ZAGHOW & W BESSERDIGH.

AXLE.

' APPLICATION-FILED AUG 1, 1907.

-/2 7 2 WITNESSES: [JVVLNTOR af W VG UNITED sfrArn s PATENT onirioa.

' AXLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Batented March 24,1908.

Application flied Auguat,1,1907. Seriii1No.3B6,612.

cll wllom it may concern: Be 1t known that we, O'r'ro Lani-10w and 'WILLIA M Il-Bnssnnnren, citizens of the United States, residing at ohntonville, 1n the county of Waupaca and State ol Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Axles; and we do hereby declare-the following-to be a full, clear, and. exact ilesc'ription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in axlesand means for attaching wheels thereto and more particularly to that class adapted to be used on automobiles and our object is to provide an axle of this class, whereby the automobile may be guid d and, at the same time, power applied to the axle i A further objpct is to provide means for attaching tliewheels to the axle and a still further object is toprovide a casing for parts of .thc devicedwhereby grit and the like will be excluded from the'wearing parts thereof.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in claims.

. In the accompanying drawings which are p 1 made a part of thrsapphcatxon, Figure 1 1s a central, seciional viewthrough the wheel and casing, and showing the axle and spindle in full. llIIGS,

l ig. is a detail, sectional view on an enlarged scale, as seen from line 2 2, Fig. 1, and, 3 is an elevation of'a locking plate employed in fixing the "wheel to the spindle.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the forward axle, such as is employed in connection with. automobiles and 2 indi cates the spindle the end oi the axle, said toe usual or any preferred form of universal joint 3, so that the spindle may be swung rearwardly and forwardly when the axle is rotating, thereby guiding the automobile.

' surrounded by a securcd'a seh1i-globular casing- 5, employed for protecting the ournaled portlon ol' the axle and spindle.

A. coluisavo-convex sliein 6 is introduced over the free end of the casing 5 and is pivo'tally mounted thereon by introducing" stub shafts 7 through bearing rings 8, carried by s pindle being secured to the axle by means of y the semi-globular casing 5, the stubwshafts? being provided with heads 9, "which are threaded into openings 10in the skein 6. i

The meeting faces: of the bearing rings 8 and heads 9 are provided with races 11- and 12, respectively, in which are located bearing balls 13, so that said skein will readil pivot on the casing 5, when the wheel is-shlfted'to change the course of the vehicle.

The hub 14 of the wheel 15 is adapted to fit loosely over the skein '6 and in' order-to s-u port the wheel and allow the same to'l'reel; rotate around the skein, the innercnd of said skein' is provided with a flange 16, against which rests a cone 17, while a simila'rcone.1 8 is carried in a channel. -19 at the innenendot the hub 14, said cones having suitable races therein to receive bearing balls 20, while the outer end of theskein 6 is provided with a band 21, the exterior surface of which is th'readedto receive a cone 22, with which cooperates a similar cone 23 carried by the hub 14, said hub having an interiorly disposed peripheral ledge 24, against which the cone 23 rests and these cones are also provided with suitable races to receive bearing balls 25.

The cones 18 and 23 are located between the cones 17 and 22, so that the cone 22, when directed inwardly, on the threaded surface of the band 21, will hold the hub against longitudinal movement and the several; cones in engagement with their respectivdbearing balls'and, as the cones become worn, the cone 22 may be moved inwardly to take up such wear, thereby providing a perfect bearing hub. After the cone 22 has been properly adjusted on the band 21, suitable locking rings 26 are introduced onto the threaded portion of the band 21, thereby locking the cone 2 2 in its adjustcdposition.

15is' totated around the skein6 by means of a locking plate 27,v.th'e central portion of which is provided with a square openin 28, to receive the squared end 29 of the spindle 2, thereby causing said locking plate. to rotate with the spindle and in order to cause the wheel to rotate with the spindle, -the extreme outer end of the hub 14 is provided in lugs 31, around the periphery of thelockling plate 27, so that whenthe plate is introduced onto the spindle, the periphery of the locking plate end of. the hub, while the lugs will extend The wheel withnotches 30, which are adapted to take will snugly fit within the into the notches 30 and, thereby, they at all times for the hub to the spindle, the lockingbplate being introducheld in positlon on the spindle threaded ing a nut 32 onto the reduced:

end 33 of the spindle 2. After the locking plate is secured in position on the end oft/he spindle, a cap 34 is introduced over the end of the hub 14, thereb excluding the particles of dust and the li e from the end of the hub and at the same time, lending a pleasing effect thereto, said cap being secured in position on the hub in any preferred manner, as by threadin a portion of the periphery of the hub an providing cooperating threads on the interior of the cap. I

In assemblin the parts of the device to-' gether, the skein is introduced in osition over the end of the casin 5 and the ialls l3 laced in position in the races 11, after which the stub shafts 7' are introduced into the bearing rings 8 by directing the heads 9 into the threaded openings in the skein and it will be seen that after the shafts 7 are properly located in the bearing rings, the skein'may be readily pivoted on the casing 5, by attaching any sultable form of steering mechanism in en agement with the steering lever 35, carried y the skein 6. After the skein has been secured in position on the casing, the hub 14 is introduced over the skein, the cones 17 and 18 having first been placed in position against the flange 16. The cones 22 and 23 are then secured in position adjacent the outer end of the hub and the conc 22 turned onto the band 21, until the roper bearing adjustment of the hub has ii is locked by means of the,ring s 26.- The locking plate 27 is then introduced over the squared end of the spindle}! and the lugs introduced in the recesses 30' inthe hub when the locking plate is secured in position by the, nut 32.

axle, as well at the rear axle is driven} and it will be readily seen that by providihg the universal joint between the axle and spindle and mountingtlw wheel thereon' in the maneen accomplished, when said cone 22 The cap 34 is then intro: duced over the end of the hub, thereby, comner described driven, as well mobile. ing or journaled parts of the axle and wheel wjl be thoroughly rotected from grit or the like and also tliat the skein may be quickly secured in position over the end of the casing and the wheel over the skein.

What we claim is: I

A device-of the character described, comprising an axle and a spindle coupled together by a universal joint, a semi-globular journal-casing, bearing rings seated insaid journal-casing, a correspondingly shaped skein-member, stub axles of trunnions having heads threaded into said skein-members and inserted .through said bearing rings, said heads being provided with races containing ball-bearings adapted for ivoting said skein-member upon said journa -casing,

as shifted to guide the auto sleeve-extension at its outer end, a locking ring threaded upon saidsleeve extension meansfor the retention in place of said hubmember at its sleeve extension end against It will also be seen that the Wear-l and a semi-globular hub-member havinga' said wheel may be positively endwise displacement, said skein-member I having an annular fiange at its inner end, and a hub-member having a corresponding recess opposed to said flange, cone-sections being arranged in said annular recess and additional cone-sections in place.

In testimony whereof we have signed our namesto this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

OTTO ZACHON. v I WILLIAM BESSERDICH. Witnesses:

W. A.'()LEN, 0. h. ()LEN.

retained by said flange, ball-bearings interbeing adapted to effect the retention of said 

